Yes, to my mind, bittersweet endings are always better. (Although of course, it often depends on the book - but the ones I read tend to be better with bittersweet endings - Anyone read the Dark Materials trilogy [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] )
In any case, it's that that gets me every time at the end of Lord of the Rings. I KNOW it's a good thing for Frodo that he's off to Valinor, but yet...it's so sad that he's leaving behind everything he knows.
It's this that shows through in the Tale of Tinuviel, the love that they have is so sweet and so happy, and Luthien is willing to die for Beren.... [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] There is no smiley that does a happy and sad face at the same time! [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]
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'It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them' ~Frodo
"Life is hard. After all, it kills you." - Katharine Hepburn
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